A coronary arterial wall weakened by disease may dilate and form a coronary artery aneurysm. This can occur as post-stenotic dilation with atherosclerotic coronary disease or may occur as a ...

The ascending aorta includes the aortic root and sinuses of Valsalva where the blood supply to your heart, via the coronary arteries ... An ascending or aortic arch aneurysm refers to ballooning out ...

Dr. Colleen Harrington, Director of the Women's Heart Health Program at Mass. General Hospital, explains what Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is and how it can be particularly dangerous ...

He had two huge coronary artery aneurysms in the Left main and circumflex arteries. The possible complications of those two huge aneurysms are rupture or thrombosis and myocardial infarction.

The burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among smokers is profoundly evident, cigarette smoking, a leading preventable ...

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG ... such as repairing or replacing a heart valve, aortic aneurysm repair, or a procedure to treat an irregular heart beat known as atrial fibrillation ...

Recent studies have discovered an association between a sequence variant on chromosome 9p21, tagged by rs10757278-G, and coronary artery disease (CAD). Helgadottir et al. genotyped this single ...

Most heart attacks are the end result of coronary heart disease ... problems with the heart and blood vessels like having an aneurysm or stroke. This procedure helps restore blood flow to the ...

([email protected]) – Altru is pleased to announce Barry Bjorgaard, MD, has been awarded Physician of the Quarter. Dr. Bjorgaard ...

Aortic Aneurysms: The toxic effects of smoking ... and mitigate long-term risks. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: CABG is a surgical procedure for treating severe CAD. During this intervention ...